On Fri, 25 May 2001, Florin Iucha wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 08:46:59AM -0700, AAAunderground wrote: > > > The reasoning I follow is this. If we take the example of a record > > > (as in LP, vinyl), a point in the outside moves faster relative to a > > > point closer to the center. If hard drives were vinyl LPs, I would want > > > > That was the case with older drives. But definately all new drives have > > a design built into them that allow the drive to spin at the same speed > > thoughout the platter. Unfortunatly I can not think of the name of the > > technology that allows this right now. It is the same thing that is used > > in cdroms for the same purpose. So to answer the question , no it > > doesn't matter on a performance or accesibility level where you store > > crucial files. No, I don't believe that's correct. Linear track speed varies because rotational speed is constant on HDs. A 7200rpm drive isn't 6000-8200, it stays put. The first time I ran into variable speed was when Apple put it on the original Mac 3.5 floppy, I think. -- "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." --Anonymous